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Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde (; 1928–2004) was a Comorian politician. He was born in 1928 in Domoni on Anjouan. Ahmed Abdallah Abderemane was his brother-in-law. Since 1978, Tadjidine worked as director of finance in the public treasury. He became paymaster-general in 1988 and held the post until March 1990. President Saïd Mohamed Djohar appointed him as the Minister of Finance and Budget. President Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim appointed Tadjidine as the

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from 27 March 1996 to 27 December 1996. After the death of

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Taki on 6 November 1998, he became interim President. His government was overthrown in a 30 April 1999 military coup led by

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Azali Assoumani. He died on 29 February 2004.

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